AWKWARD SPACES - Long and Narrow Rooms (Pro Space Planning Tips!)

AWKWARD SPACES - Long and Narrow Rooms (Pro Space Planning Tips!)

Welcome back to our new Awkward Space Series! This is the 2nd episode and we are tackling the much dreaded long and narrow space. In this video I will be sharing solutions for long and narrow spaces in:

Do you have any awkward spaces you would like for me to address in this series? Comment below!

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[nataliakos]

Can you do a video on smaller spaces? Some of the examples are from houses that are extremely big and luxurious. I'm guessing most of your viewers don't live in mansions. Including me LOL

[Dreamermuse]

Finally someone has discussed this design challenge! Thanks Julie!

[eileeneileen]

Yes PLEASE show more real small homes for us normal folks with long and narrow living rooms . I just discovered your u tube channel and have been binge watching it all day . My long and narrow living room is like a doctors waiting room . You are so TALENTED . Watching you from London .

[burchjeanie]

I don’t have a long and awkward space but I love all the pictures and your advice as well as the “what would you do”.

[martaescobar]

Great tips! I am a big believer in "use what you your house first. Most people, like me, already have furniture (probably gifted), and just at a loss for years as to placement. Other family try to get rid of their unwanted pieces, and now you have a and don't really know what is your style. A good start, your favorite color... and favorite pieces. Most of us can't afford a designer, the houses shown or the furniture in don't live in a your tips can be applied and are practical...Thank you:)

[melishamcalister]

I believe it is far easier to take a big idea and scale it back than it is to make a small idea bigger. I love the fact that you show examples of large scale rooms because it's much easier to cut the size of a room down than it is to make it bigger. So, I can take your large scale examples and make them fit into smaller rooms & homes. I hope others do the same. Thank you for doing the hard work for us and for creating such down to earth content we can all use.

[gumbypokey]

Julie this describes my layout exactly...not quite as large, but still flowing from kitchen through dining into living room...seems like it's all about breaking the space into smaller, intimate spaces using the furniture...great ideas as always...

[medhan]

Your videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing

[bfranklin]

Love your content, Julie! I hope you look at new comments to older videos. I have an L-shape not covered in either awkward video. 2 narrow living spaces (one probably designated as formal dining) with a breakfast room next to the dining that we use for dining. So we use the whole L-shaped space for two living spaces. The angle of the L is the semi-corner fireplace, also awkward. And one side of the L is 'the view'. Hard to know how to use all the L space well.

[jilligetz]

You’re amazing! I just moved into a house where I have a large kitchen island that white and a large oval marble table. There’s no place to put it by a few feet from the island. It’s a modern home with high ceilings. Any advice? Thanks, Jill

[lindychan]

So helpful! I’m hooked onto your awkward space series.

[rocco]

Take pictures of your space to help determine what is off. Analyzing the space in two dimensions always helps me when trying to figure out what is missing or could work better.

[christiebilbrey]

I am loving this series! So helpful to have someone finally address the awkwardness.

[giovannaalvaro]

Thanks Julie, this hit home. I have a long living area with a window wall on one long side, and a fireplace in the middle, other side. I have a stair way and a door to a bedroom each beside the fireplace, so a chair near the fireplace not really an option if I also want to leave egress space. But the photos you show and your advice gives me a lot of amazing ideas. The window wall isn't straight, it's kind of pointed, and have recently decided not to let the sofas follow that line, but rather be straight following the inner wall. A photo showed such arrangement with a console table behind the sofa and lovely lamps on that console table. I'll try that (but have flower seedlings grow on the table near the window, lol.

[marciaadamslandry]

You were right! When you’re in this space, it’s hard to see the possibilities! This was really helpful! Thank you AGAIN!

[sheilafelton]

What an incredibly helpful video, I only wish I had discovered your series sooner! Everything you showed and talked about helped me in rethinking my spaces. I had become too close to my rooms after 22 years, and your discussion was amazingly informative. I have a long narrow room and a huge great room. Loved your thoughts on functionality and scaling furniture to room size/function. Thank you so much!

[maryanna]

I love your statement, “Perspective is everything.” Yes, it is. This is an awesome video. I love each of the illustrations and showing how to utilize each space to the fullest. I am trying to purchase a new home and it features such a living room - dimensions 21 x 11. I am actually looking forward to this as one end also acts as a passage way to a dining room. If there is enough space I intend to place a desk on that end. I am so looking forward to that space.

[olenpesukone]

This series has been so helpful to me! Our house definitely has its fair share of awkward spaces. I’d love to see you cover the rooms I’m struggling most with in our home: a tiny powder room, an L-shaped living room, and a crowded full bathroom with a narrow closet behind the tub and shower.

[dessislavakostova]

Thank you, Julie! I was struggling for years to style my long and narrow living room properly and this video really helped me a lot by giving me a template of rules I can use to create my dream living space :)

[lauriem]

Julie! I am dealing with this issue RIGHT now. I'm learning from you. Thank you!